ndiswrapper cannot activate netowrk interface wlan0

[wahaha]

halo...i am using fedora core 4, 2.6.11-1.1369_FC4stk.16 ( after change to 16K stack size) and did installed ndiswrapper-1.23 into my distro.
I did followed the installation method from this link:
http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/m...p/Installation

Everything is work fine, and i also did "ndiswrapper -m" to create aliasing to modprobe.conf and also disable irq
by typing "acpi=noirq" in terminal.

I did not have any problem when typing the commands:
iwconfig,iwlist wlan0 scan,ifconfig.

But when i try to activate my network card by typing "ifconfig wlan0 up", the error message shown as:
" No such device".

DId anyone know why ???

[iwanabeguru]

hi
are you configured the wlan0 interface , you can do that with iwconfig or editing the network configuration file , or with some graphical frontend.

But if you have a wifi card with atheros chipset i suggest you the madwifi driver.

[wahaha]

r i explained in details what I did by following the instruction installation of the link from my previous message.

after i intsalled the ndiswrapper and window driver, and it shown hardware exist and driver installed. Then i type " dmesg" :
ndiswrapper version 1.23 loaded (preempt=no,smp=no)
ndiswrapper: driver w70n51 (Intel,07/31/2003,1.2.0.5 loaded
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:02.0[A] -> Link [LNKC] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
ndiswrapper: using irq 11
wlan0: vendor: 'Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 7100 LAN Card Driver'
wlan0: ethernet device 00:0c:f1:31:f6:af using NDIS driver w70n51, 8086:1043.5.conf
ndiswrapper (set_encr_mode:689): setting encryption mode to 6 failed (C00000BB)
wlan0: encryption modes supported: WEP; TKIP with WPA
ndiswrapper (iw_set_bitrate:50: setting bit rate failed (C0010017)
ndiswrapper (set_packet_filter:752): filter not set: 0x00000000, 0x00000009
ndiswrapper (ndis_open:770): couldn't set packet filter

((maybe i did typed some command such as iwconfig,iwlist,ifconfig and ifup ...then it appears the extra message such as:

ndiswrapper (set_encr_mode:689): setting encryption mode to 6 failed (C00000BB)
ndiswrapper (iw_set_bitrate:50: setting bit rate failed (C0010017)
ndiswrapper (set_packet_filter:752): filter not set: 0x00000000, 0x00000009
ndiswrapper (ndis_open:770): couldn't set packet filter ))


Then i checked the wlan0 interface whether got exist :

[root@localhost kokchin]# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

sit0 no wireless extensions.

Warning: Driver for device wlan0 recommend version 18 of Wireless Extension,
but has been compiled with version 17, therefore some driver features
may not be available...

wlan0 IEEE 802.11b ESSID:"WaveLAN Network" Nickname:"localhost.localdomain"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.422 GHz Access Point: 00:60:1D:04:9A:CE
Bit Rate=2 Mb/s
RTS thr=1600 B Fragment thr=2344 B
Encryption keyff
Power Managementff
Link Quality:0/100 Signal level:-67 dBm Noise level:-256 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0


Then i typed "iwlist wlan0 scan" :

[root@localhost kokchin]# iwlist wlan0 scan
Warning: Driver for device wlan0 recommend version 18 of Wireless Extension,
but has been compiled with version 17, therefore some driver features
may not be available...

wlan0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 00:60:1D:04:9D:64
ESSID:"WaveLAN Network"
Protocol:IEEE 802.11b
Mode:Managed
Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
Quality:0/100 Signal level:-69 dBm Noise level:-256 dBm
Encryption keyff
Bit Rate:1 Mb/s
Bit Rate:2 Mb/s
Bit Rate:5 Mb/s
Bit Rate:8 Mb/s
Extra:bcn_int=100
Extra:atim=0
Cell 02 - Address: 00:60:1D:04:9A:CE
ESSID:"WaveLAN Network"
Protocol:IEEE 802.11b
Mode:Managed
Frequency:2.422 GHz (Channel 3)
Quality:0/100 Signal level:-35 dBm Noise level:-256 dBm
Encryption keyff
Bit Rate:1 Mb/s
Bit Rate:2 Mb/s
Bit Rate:5 Mb/s
Bit Rate:8 Mb/s
Extra:bcn_int=100
Extra:atim=0


Then i typed "iwconfig wlan0 mode Managed" , then is ok.
Then i typed "iwconfig wlan0 essid "WaveLAN Network", then is ok.
Then i checked the essid whether is the name of "WaveLAN Network", it shown:

[root@localhost kokchin]# iwconfig wlan0
Warning: Driver for device wlan0 recommend version 18 of Wireless Extension,
but has been compiled with version 17, therefore some driver features
may not be available...

wlan0 IEEE 802.11b ESSID:"WaveLAN Network" Nickname:"localhost.localdomain"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.422 GHz Access Point: 00:60:1D:04:9A:CE
Bit Rate=2 Mb/s
RTS thr=1600 B Fragment thr=2344 B
Encryption keyff
Power Managementff
Link Quality:0/100 Signal level:-69 dBm Noise level:-256 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0


Then i typed, "ifconfig wlan0 up", it shown error message " no such device" :

[root@localhost kokchin]# ifconfig wlan0 up
SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such device


Then i tried to typed "ifup wlan0" , it shown "failed to set ip address" :

[root@localhost kokchin]# ifup wlan0
Error : unrecognised wireless request "Mb/s"

Determining IP information for wlan0... failed.


Then i tried to typed "dhclient wlan0" it shown error message:

[root@localhost kokchin]# dhclient wlan0
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.2
Copyright 2004 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/products/DHCP

Listening on LPF/wlan0/00:0c:f1:31:f6:af
Sending on LPF/wlan0/00:0c:f1:31:f6:af
Sending on Socket/fallback
receive_packet failed on wlan0: Network is down
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7
send_packet: Network is down
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 11
send_packet: Network is down
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 19
send_packet: Network is down
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8
send_packet: Network is down
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 14
send_packet: Network is down
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 2
send_packet: Network is down
No DHCPOFFERS received.
No working leases in persistent database - sleeping.


Below are my details of /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-wlan0 files:

# Please read /usr/share/doc/initscripts-*/sysconfig.txt
# for the documentation of these parameters.
IPV6INIT=no
ONBOOT=no
USERCTL=no
PEERDNS=yes
GATEWAY=
TYPE=Wireless
DEVICE=wlan0
HWADDR=00:0c:f1:31:f6:af
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
NETMASK=
DHCP_HOSTNAME=
IPADDR=
DOMAIN=
ESSID='WaveLAN Network'
CHANNEL=1
MODE=Managed
RATE=Auto


I did set the "ONBOOT = yes " , but it still cannot connect to internet.
I did typed "acpi=noirq" to disable ACPI , as taught in this link:

http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/m.../index.php/FAQ

I did refer to 2 links below:

http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/m...roubleshooting
http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/m...roubleshooting

But still have face the same problem.
Did anyone have any ideas about this problem ??
I did really running out of ideas why still cannot connect to internet.
Please drop your advices and ideas here. Your advices are much appreciated.